project management, budgeting and job costing, construction scheduling, and quality control. Adam and Jaclyn met in 2012, just a couple months before they decided to team up and form Fireside together. At the time, Adam was working as an independent renovator on a complicated project. He admits that “I got in a little over my head,” so he reached out to get some design support. That’s when he first spoke to Jaclyn, and he found that they had a lot of the same ideas and values when it came to design and construction and how they should intersect. She came on board to assist with that project, their collaboration ended up being very fruitful, and later that year they started Fireside Design Build. In the years since, the company has remained very consistent in terms of their values, but they have evolved considerably in terms of project size and scale. They have also evolved in in terms of internal protocols and procedures. According to Adam, that drive to change and grow has always been a part of the company’s DNA: “I think that one of the things that Jacqueline and I agreed on early days was that we were never content to just tow the status quo,” he says. “So we’re always pushing ourselves out of our comfort zones. We push ourselves with design, with construction, and we push ourselves to learn and try new things. So over the years, our portfolio has grown in complexity and in layering and diversity.” These days, Fireside’s work is comprised of roughly 50 per cent new homes and home renovations and 50 per cent bars and restaurants. In Jaclyn’s JULY 2024
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